Being made of stars is only the beginning.

From this angle, your life can look really small and insignificant.

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And even here on Earth, it can feel like you and your identity are inconsequential.

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But if you look closer at the facts, you'll see that your life was astonishingly, breathtakingly unlikely.

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For example, a man might produce as many as 525 billion sperm cells over a lifetime, but only a fraction will be viable. Yours was viable.

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